What does the General Academic Module in the dMAT actually contain, and how should I prepare for it?

The General Academic Module presents a typical academic problem, sometimes with a short passage, a data table, or a simple figure, followed by single-choice questions that test whether you can extract and apply information correctly. Every question comes with the input text needed to solve it, so you are not expected to recall your undergraduate coursework from memory.

Subject Areas Covered (General Academic Module)

How to Prepare

Per g.a.s.t.'s own preparatory materials, the module draws from mathematics, computational sciences, natural sciences, engineering, business administration, economics, social sciences, and humanities. There is no published chapter list to revise from, and this omission is intentional according to official sources. Preparation should look like practising with sample academic passages and case-style questions, not re-reading old semester notes: an accounting graduate, for instance, benefits more from applying a ratio to a case study than from re-reading its textbook definition.

My Advice

Stop looking for a syllabus to revise and instead practise applying, not recalling. Pick a handful of case-style passages in your own field and practise extracting the right numbers and relationships quickly; that skill transfers directly to exam day. Memorised definitions do not.